Chelsea’s pre-season tour squad in full: N’Golo Kante absent as Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois return

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Tom Dutton25 July 2016

Chelsea have landed in Los Angeles ahead of the opening fixture of their pre-season tour of North America against Liverpool in the early hours of Thursday morning.

The Blues kick off their trip against Jurgen Klopp's men at 4.35 UK time, before travelling to Michigan to face Real Madrid and ending the 10-day trip in Minneapolis against AC Milan.

And Antonio Conte's squad undertook a light training session after landing safely in the US late on Sunday afternoon. Eden Hazard and Thibaut Courtois were among those present as they joined up with the rest of the squad following an extended break in the wake of Euro 2016.

Branislav Ivanovic has also travelled with the 30-man party despite injury, while John Obi Mikel will miss the entire tour as he prepares to head to the Rio Olympics with Nigeria.

Summer signing N'Golo Kante is yet to join the group following his £32million move from Leicester earlier in July. The France international has been granted further time off after Didier Deschamps's men reached the final of Euro 2016.

Academy players Tammy Abraham, Fikayo Tomori and Nathan Baxter have travelled with Conte's first team.

Chelsea's pre-season tour squad in full

Goalkeepers

Thibaut Courtois, Asmir Begovic, Jamal Blackman, Nathan Baxter

Defenders

Branislav Ivanovic, Cesar Azpilicueta, Gary Cahill, John Terry, Kurt Zouma, Baba Rahman, Matt Miazga, Hector, Ola Aina, Fikayo Tomori

Midfielders

Nemanja Matic, Cesc Fabregas, Nathaniel Chalobah, Oscar, Eden Hazard, Willian, Pedro, Kenedy, Ruben Loftus-Cheek, Victor Moses, Juan Cuadrado

Strikers

Diego Costa, Loic Remy, Bertrand Traore, Michy Batshuayi, Tammy Abraham

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